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Lowey Criticizes Utilities Serving Westchester for Power Outages

March 6, 2018

Press Release

WHITE PLAINS, NY – Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY17/Rockland-Westchester) today issued the following statement on the ongoing power outages in Westchester:

“There is no disagreement that Winter Storm Riley caused widespread damage to utility infrastructure, leading to severe power outages across Westchester. My staff and I have been in close contact with constituents who have lost power and remain without it, power companies, and elected officials, and continued outages are absolutely unacceptable. I fully support Governor Cuomo’s directive for the NYS Department of Public Service to investigate the response to the power outages caused by the storm.I will continue pushing to restore power and to ensure that power companies are prepared for the coming storm so my constituents are not without electricity for days on end.”